The Thistle Archive

matches:2021-22: ← 49game 5001 →

	former Jag Billy Dodds	Ian McCall	57y, 7m, 6d

		Richard Foster; Cammy Smith
		Ciaran McKenna; Alex Jakubiak

Austin Samuels (0-1, 29‎ mins)
Shane Sutherland (0-1, 29‎ mins)
David Carson; Reece McAlear; Danny Devine

Logan Chalmers (Cameron Harper, 66 mins); Austin Samuels (Aaron Doran, 66 mins); Billy Mckay (Joe Hardy, 79 mins); Reece McAlear (Lewis Hyde, 90+2 mins); Shane Sutherland (Scott Allardice, 90+2 mins)		Stuart Bannigan (Kyle Turner, HT); Cammy Smith (Alex Jakubiak, HT); Brian Graham (Juan Alegría, 66 mins); Kevin Holt (Steven Bell, 66 mins); Robbie Crawford (Connor Murray, 82 mins)

	former Jag Mark Ridgers	Jamie Sneddon	24y, 8m, 0d
	David Carson	Richard Foster	36y, 9m, 5d
	Robbie Deas	Stephen Hendrie	27y, 3m, 28d
	former Jag Danny Devine	Tunji Akinola	23y, 5m, 15d
	Kirk Broadfoot	Kevin Holt	29y, 3m, 11d
	former Jag Sean Welsh	Stuart Bannigan	29y, 7m, 19d
	Reece McAlear	Ross Docherty	29y, 3m, 13d
	Shane Sutherland	Robbie Crawford	27y, 10m, 14d
	Billy Mckay	Brian Graham	34y, 5m, 13d
	Austin Samuels	Cammy Smith	26y, 8m, 12d
	Logan Chalmers	Scott Tiffoney	23y, 8m, 10d

			28y, 5m, 17d

	Cammy Mackay	Andy Firth	25y, 7m, 10d
	Cameron Harper	Kyle Turner	24y, 5m, 26d
	Aaron Doran	Alex Jakubiak	25y, 8m, 9d
	Scott Allardice	Steven Bell	37y, 2m, 12d
	Joe Hardy	Ciaran McKenna	24y, 1m, 11d
	Lewis Hyde	Connor Murray	25y, 0m, 12d
		Juan Alegría	19y, 11m, 0d
		Ben Stanway	17y, 7m, 16d

	Teamlines derived from PTFC / SCW. Both sides generally in playing order. Thistle filled 8 of their 9 allocated bench slots, whilst Inverness filled only 6 of theirs.
	2470 (SPFL)

AGG: 1-3. Thistle took the game to ICT but a mistake by Holt let in ICT for the winner (29) rather against the run of play. Graham hit the bar and was denied by a fine save but chances became scarce after h-t. Ultimately lack of punch up front and 3 mistakes/3 goals proved Thistle's downfall in the tie. No lack of effort but just not good enough.

Andy Campbell, 06-May-2022, bbc.com

Inverness will play Arbroath in the Scottish Premiership play-off semi-final after completing an aggregate win against Partick Thistle. Having won Tuesday's first leg 2-1, the Highlanders extended their advantage through Austin Samuels' fierce strike. Brian Graham almost levelled on the night with a volley against the bar and a header that was superbly saved. Kirk Broadfoot came close to netting Inverness' fourth goal in the tie when his second-half header was kept out. Billy Dodds' side will host Arbroath in Tuesday's first leg, with the return at Gayfield next Friday. Both matches will be broadcast live on BBC Scotland, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app.

Though the hosts had threatened through Logan Chalmers and Robbie Deas, their opening goal came during Partick's best spell of the first half. Robbie Crawford was unable to direct Scott Tiffoney's cross on target, Graham flashed a shot wide and Tiffoney was also off target. Inverness scored with the same combination that gave them their winner at Firhill, Shane Sutherland providing the pass and Samuels the finish. But the visitors could have cancelled that strike out with Graham's acrobatic volley rattling the frame of the goal and the striker then denied by goalkeeper Mark Ridgers' sharp reflexes. Partick could not maintain that intensity in the second half and Broadfoot's header forced a brilliant block by Jamie Sneddon, who later denied Sutherland.

Inverness CT manager Billy Dodds:

It's a brilliant result. I'm so happy for the boys. I can't say I enjoyed the game, we weren't at our best. We're through and that's all that matters. It's a tremendous result to go through and have a crack at Arbroath. We deserved to go through over the piece.

Partick Thistle manager Ian McCall:

The three goals we lost over the tie all came from our errors. We made five or six really decent opportunities. There's a reset now because we know we've got a nucleus of a team good enough to challenge to win this league. I'd wish Inverness good luck in the semi-final.

match hubs

match

The Thistle Archive

Partick Thistle stats and stories 1876 to date